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Health literacy and substance use in young Swiss men

Petra Dermota (petra.dermota@uzh.ch), Jen Wang, Michelle Dey, Gerhard Gmel, Joseph Studer and Meichun Mohler-Kuo (m.mohler@ifspm.uzh.ch)

International Journal of Public Health, 2013, vol. 58, issue 6, 939-948

Abstract: Substance users appear to be more informed and knowledgeable about the risks of substance use than non-users. Consequently, interventions that focus only on information provision may be of limited benefit for preventing substance use. Copyright Swiss School of Public Health 2013

Keywords: Health literacy; Substance use; Alcohol; Smoking; Cannabis; Young adults (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2013
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